| Season Number: | 12 | ||||
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| Starring: | Matt Grant | ||||
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| Network: | ABC | ||||
| Num Episodes: | 9 (including 1 special) | ||||
| Episode List: | List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes |
The Bachelor: London Calling is the twelfth season of ABC reality television series The Bachelor. The season premiere aired on March 17, 2008, and features Matt Grant, a 27-year-old British global financer, courting 25 women from the United States. The season concluded on May 12, 2008, with Grant choosing to propose to 22-year-old actress Shayne Lamas. The couple ended their relationship months later.
This was the final season to be aired in 90 minutes.
He was an English financier and business development manager from London and worked at Lombard Asset Finance (RBS) in Cambridge for three years before moving to London. Grant received a B.A. in modern history and politics from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.[1]
Biographical information according to ABC official series site, plus footnoted additions
| Name | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Outcome | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shayne Lamas | 22 | Malibu, California | Actress | Winner | 1 | |
| 25 | Durango, Colorado | data-sort-value="Wh" | Runner-up | 2 | ||
| Amanda Rantuccio | 27 | Niceville, Florida | Account Executive | Week 7 | 3 | |
| Noelle Drake[2] | 26 | Loveland, Colorado | Photographer | Week 6 | 4 | |
| Marshana Ritchie[3] | 27 | Brooklyn, New York | Fashion designer | Week 5 | 5–6 | |
| Robin Canfield | 22 | Holland, Michigan | Advertising coordinator | |||
| Ashlee Williss[4] | 22 | Jacksonville Beach, Florida | Singer-songwriter | Week 4 | 7–8 | |
| Kelly Hark | 25 | Hollywood, California | Medical sales representative | |||
| Holly Durst[5] [6] | 24 | Suffield, Ohio | Children's book author | 9 | ||
| Amy Bean | 22 | Stockton, California | Nanny | Week 3 | 10–12 | |
| Erin Storm | 33 | San Marcos, California | Vendor | |||
| Kristine Heffelfinger[7] | 33 | Dillsburg, Pennsylvania | Personal trainer | |||
| Caroline "Carri" Perrier[8] [9] | 25 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Church marketing rep. | Week 2 | 13–15 | |
| Erin Harper[10] [11] | 25 | Seattle, Washington | Event planner | |||
| Michelle Procopio | 28 | Syracuse, New York | Administrative assistant | |||
| Alyssa Johnson | 24 | Boise, Idaho | Biology student | Week 1 | 16–25 | |
| Amanda Peterman[12] | 26 | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | Law student | |||
| Denise Gitsham | 30 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| Devon Grisham | 24 | Austin, Texas | Make-up artist | |||
| Lesley Geyer[13] | 23 | Tampa, Florida | Youth minister | |||
| Michele Romero | 33 | Laguna Niguel, California | Interior designer | |||
| Rebecca Lillig | 30 | Alamo, California | Attorney | |||
| Stacey Elza[14] | 26 | Chicago, Illinois | Graduate student | |||
| Tamara Marco | 23 | Beverly Hills, California | Cocktail waitress | |||
| Tiffany Hickenbottom | 33 | San Francisco, California | ||||
Holly Durst returned in the second season of Bachelor Pad, and won that season alongside Bachelor Nation alumnus Michael Stagliano.
| Order | Bachelorettes | Week | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1 | Ashlee | Holly | Chelsea | Shayne | Shayne | Shayne | Shayne | ||
| 2 | Amy | Chelsea | Chelsea | Robin | Noelle | Chelsea | Chelsea | ||
| 3 | Devon | Shayne | Robin | Shayne | Marshana | Chelsea | Chelsea | ||
| 4 | Kristine | Michelle P. | Holly | Shayne | Noelle | ||||
| 5 | Chelsea | Marshana | Erin S. | Ashlee | Robin | Marshana Robin | |||
| 6 | Erin H. | Ashlee | Kelly | Noelle | |||||
| 7 | Kelly | Noelle | Kelly | Chelsea | Ashlee Kelly | ||||
| 8 | Rebecca | Erin S. | Amy | Noelle | |||||
| 9 | Denise | Amy | Kristine | Marshana | Holly | ||||
| 10 | Erin S. | Kristine | Marshana | Amy Erin S. Kristine | |||||
| 11 | Robin | Robin | Noelle | ||||||
| 12 | Ashlee | Kelly | Shayne | ||||||
| 13 | Alyssa | Carri | Carri Erin H. Michelle P. | ||||||
| 14 | Michelle P. | Holly | |||||||
| 15 | Shayne | Erin H. | |||||||
| 16 | Marshana | Alyssa Amanda P. Denise Devon Lesley Michele R. Rebecca Stacey Tamara Tiffany | |||||||
| 17 | Amanda P. | ||||||||
| 18 | Tamara | ||||||||
| 19 | Holly | ||||||||
| 20 | Tiffany | ||||||||
| 21 | Carri | ||||||||
| 22 | Stacey | ||||||||
| 23 | Lesley | ||||||||
| 24 | Michele R. | ||||||||
| 25 | Noelle | ||||||||
The contestant received the first impression rose
The contestant received a rose during the date
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was eliminated during the date
The contestant won the competition
See also: List of The Bachelor (American TV series) episodes.